THE LETTER scented

Solange Azagury-Partridge

EDITOR

Josephine Fairley jo@josephinefairley.com

DESIGNER

Jenny Semple studio@jenny sempledesign.com

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Lorna McKay lorna@perfumesociety.org

SENIOR WRITER

Suzy Nightingale suzy@perfumesociety.org

BRAND RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

Alison Pitcher alison@perfumesociety.org

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Maggie Alderson

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Carla Seipp

Solange has spent 30 years at the cutting edge of design, famed for her ‘emotional, exuberant jewels’. Despite having had no formal training, her creations are beloved of Vogue editors, fashion jewellery fanatics and celebrities, most notably her cult, personalised ‘name rings’. She’s also a long-term fragrance lover whose new creation, Kiss My Lips by Solange, just launched. On p.32, she shares her Memories, Dreams, Reflections. @solangeazagury

A freelance fragrance, fashion and arts journalist, Carla is also Editor at online publication and consultancy BeautyMatter. She co-edited The Essence: Discovering the World of Scent, Perfume and Fragrance, published by Gestalten. In 2022, Carla won the Fragrance Foundation’s Jasmine Award in the Short Piece category with ‘Is AI Threatening the Role of the Perfumer?’ In this issue, she shares memories of a Florida childhood in ‘It Takes Me Right Back’.

@carlaseipp

Diana Thomas

Diana Thomas was born male, christened David and remained so through Eton and Cambridge; a 40-year career as a journalist and author; and a marriage that produced three children. She completed her gender transition last year. In 2020 she won the Chairman’s Award at the National Press awards and was named Magazine Columnist of the Year for her column in The Telegraph Magazine, which described her transition. Read her scent journey of discovery on p.22. @dianawpthomas

Alexandra Dao

Alexandra Dao, who took both of the beautiful black and white shots for Diana Thomas’s article, is based in Greenwich, specialising in portrait, events, family photography and bespoke flower prints. ‘My work is about finding the beauty in our everyday life,’ she says. ‘I look for the spaces between things. The pauses. The in-between moments… Beauty in the ordinary, as that’s where the heavenly shines through.’ Her website is alexandradao.com

@alexandra_dao

New faces, designer collaborations, one-off bottles and the launch of new perfume collections – there’s so much to delight our noses (and eyes) right now